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Major League News for June 19
Yesterday’s Results
Today’s Games
Standings
Game of the Day
Yesterday’s Home Runs
Top Minor League Games
Player News
Stats
Yesterday’s Results
Interleague American League BOS 10 ATL 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Francoeur: 4 RBI. Bullpens blow up CHA 8 CIN 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Garland: 8 IP, 1 R, hit HR; Mackowiak: 4-4 DET 12 CHN 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Prior shelled, DET: team-record 8 HR, Rogers: 10 W KC 7 HOU 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Mientkiewicz: 3R HR in 9th; Burke: 3 2B MIN 8 PIT 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Santana: 7 IP, 1 R OAK 5 LAN 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Blanton: 8 IP, 2 R, OAK: 10 straight W SEA 5 SF 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Moyer: 8 IP, 1 R TEX 10 ARI 7 (Recap and Boxscore) Young: 5-5, 2B, HR FLA 4 TOR 1 (Recap and Boxscore) FLA: 9 in a row MIL 6 CLE 3 (Recap and Boxscore) Lee: 3R HR in 9th to win NYN 9 BAL 4 (Recap and Boxscore) Wright: 5 RBI; Glavine: 10 W PHI 8 TB 5 (Recap and Boxscore) Howard: 4 RBI SD 7 LAA 3 (Recap and Boxscore) WAS 3 NYA 2 (Recap and Boxscore) Zimmerman: 2r HR in 9th to win National League STL 4 COL 1 (Recap and Boxscore) Carpenter: 7 IP, 1 R
Today’s Games
Visitors Home Time ARI - Vargas C. (6-4, 5.21) PIT - Duke Z.* (5-6, 4.52) 12:3 CHC - Marshall S.* (3-5, 4.82) CLE - Johnson J. (3-7, 6.00) 7:05 NYY - Johnson R.* (8-5, 5.32) PHI - Myers B. (4-3, 3.86) 7:05 WAS - Armas T. (6-3, 4.18) BOS - Snyder K. (0-0, 22.50) 7:05 CIN - Arroyo B. (8-3, 2.51) NYM - Hernandez O. (4-5, 5.50) 7:10 DET - Bonderman J. (6-4, 4.01) MIL - Davis D.* (4-4, 5.07) 8:05 OAK - Haren D. (6-5, 3.44) COL - Kim B. (3-4, 5.40) 9:05 LAA - Escobar K. (5-7, 3.62) SF - Cain M. (5-5, 5.35) 10:1
Standings
The graphics next to each team are called “sparklines.” They depict each team’s performance over the last month. Each “up” bar is a victory and a “down” bar is a loss. There are horizontal lines for home games and gray bars represent games decided by two runs or less. Other team graphs and stats can be found on our Team Page.
American League East BOS 39 28 .582 0.0NYA 38 29 .567 1.0
TOR 37 32 .536 3.0
BAL 32 39 .451 9.0
TB 29 41 .414 11.5
American League Central DET 46 24 .657 0.0
CHA 44 25 .638 1.5
MIN 34 34 .500 11.0
CLE 31 37 .456 14.0
KC 19 49 .279 26.0
American League West OAK 38 31 .551 0.0
TEX 38 32 .543 0.5
SEA 34 37 .479 5.0
LAA 31 38 .449 7.0
National League East NYN 43 25 .632 0.0
PHI 34 35 .493 9.5
WAS 32 39 .451 12.5
FLA 29 37 .439 13.0
ATL 30 40 .429 14.0
National League Central STL 42 26 .618 0.0
CIN 37 32 .536 5.5
HOU 36 34 .514 7.0
MIL 35 35 .500 8.0
CHN 26 42 .382 16.0
PIT 26 44 .371 17.0
National League West SD 36 33 .522 0.0
LAN 36 33 .522 0.0
ARI 35 34 .507 1.0
SF 34 35 .493 2.0
COL 34 35 .493 2.0
Game of the Day
There were three games decided by ninth-inning home runs yesterday. I’ve chosen the Cleveland/Milwaukee game for our Game of the Day (even though Doug Mientkiewicz hit his game winner on his birthday), decided by Carlos Lee’s three-run homer in the ninth. It was the second straight last-inning win for the Brewers over the Indians. Will Milwaukee trade Lee before he becomes a free agent this offseason?
CLEVELAND ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
G Sizemore cf 5 1 2 0 0 1 3 .293
A Boone 3b 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 .266
E Perez rf 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 .292
T Hollandsworth lf 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .200
T Hafner 1b 3 0 1 0 2 1 0 .303
J Peralta ss 5 0 3 1 0 2 3 .250
R Belliard 2b 5 1 3 0 0 1 1 .285
F Gutierrez lf-rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 5 .182
T Laker c 3 0 1 0 0 2 5 .308
a-B Broussard ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .335
R Perez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
R Betancourt p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
P Byrd p 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333
F Carmona p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
b-V Martinez ph-c 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .292
Totals 38 3 13 2 3 10 27
a-struck out swinging for T Laker in the 8th; b-walked for F Carmona in the
8th.
BATTING: 2B - R Belliard (12, Z Jackson). 3B - G Sizemore (6, J Gonzalez). SF -
E Perez. RBI - J Peralta (31), E Perez (21). Runners left in scoring position,
2 out - P Byrd 2, A Boone 1, J Peralta 1. GIDP - F Gutierrez. Team LOB - 12.
BASERUNNING: SB - G Sizemore (10, 2nd base off Z Jackson/C Moeller).
MILWAUKEE ab r h rbi bb so lob avg
R Weeks 2b 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 .296
C Koskie 3b 4 2 1 2 1 0 2 .268
C Lee lf 5 1 2 3 0 1 2 .280
P Fielder 1b 3 1 1 1 1 0 1 .296
B Hall ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 .272
G Jenkins rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 .261
C Moeller c 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .195
B Clark cf 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 .283
D Kolb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
B Shouse p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
a-J Cirillo ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 .323
D Turnbow p 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Z Jackson p 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .167
J Gonzalez p 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000
G Gross cf 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 .229
Totals 34 6 10 6 4 5 19
a-flied out to left for B Shouse in the 8th.
BATTING: 2B - B Hall (19, R Betancourt); G Gross (3, R Betancourt). HR - C
Koskie (9, 3rd inning off P Byrd 1 on, 1 Out), P Fielder (13, 6th inning off P
Byrd 0 on, 0 Out), C Lee (23, 9th inning off R Betancourt 2 on, 1 Out). S - R
Weeks. RBI - C Koskie 2 (26), P Fielder (39), C Lee 3 (58). Runners left in
scoring position, 2 out - J Cirillo 1, B Hall 2. Team LOB - 8.
BASERUNNING: SB - C Lee 2 (9, 2nd base off P Byrd/T Laker, 3rd base off P
Byrd/T Laker), P Fielder (5, 2nd base off P Byrd/T Laker).
FIELDING: DP: 1 (B Hall-R Weeks-P Fielder).
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CLEVELAND - 011 100 000 -- 3
MILWAUKEE - 002 001 003 -- 6
One out when winning run scored.
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CLEVELAND ip h r er bb so hr era
P Byrd 6 7 3 3 1 4 2 4.78
F Carmona 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4.94
R Perez 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
R Betancourt (L, 0-3) 1 3 3 3 2 0 1 4.82
MILWAUKEE ip h r er bb so hr era
Z Jackson 3 8 2 2 1 4 0 4.67
J Gonzalez 3 2 1 1 1 1 0 7.36
D Kolb 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.65
B Shouse 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 2.53
D Turnbow (W, 4-3) 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 3.73
WP - Z Jackson. IBB - G Jenkins (by R Betancourt), C Koskie (by R
Betancourt). Pitches-strikes: P Byrd 99-68; F Carmona 13-5; R Perez 3-2; R
Betancourt 29-17; Z Jackson 78-50; J Gonzalez 40-27; D Kolb 9-7; B Shouse
17-10; D Turnbow 14-10. Ground balls-fly balls: P Byrd 6-8; F Carmona 1-1; R
Perez 0-1; R Betancourt 1-2; Z Jackson 1-4; J Gonzalez 4-4; D Kolb 3-0; B
Shouse 0-1; D Turnbow 0-0. Batters faced: P Byrd 26; F Carmona 4; R Perez 1; R
Betancourt 8; Z Jackson 18; J Gonzalez 12; D Kolb 4; B Shouse 4; D Turnbow 4.
UMPIRES: HP--Derryl Cousins. 1B--Tim Timmons. 2B--Joe Brinkman. 3B--Jeff Nelson.
T--3:27. Att--43,391. Weather: INDOORS
Yesterday’s Home Runs
The following stats are provided by Hit Tracker, which logs the projected distance of each home run (if it were to land uninterrupted at field level) and its “standard” distance, which is corrected for weather conditions.
Hitter Pitcher True Dist Stnd Dist # Ramirez, Manny BOS Smoltz, John ATL 444 429 17 Shelton, Chris DET Prior, Mark CHC 450 422 13 Ellison, Jason SF Moyer, Jamie SEA 405 416 2 Ortiz, David BOS Smoltz, John ATL 422 410 20 Bay, Jason PIT Eyre, Scott MIN 412 404 20 Beltre, Adrian SEA Wright, Jamey SF 388 403 6 Green, Shawn ARI Cordero, Francisco TEX 405 400 7 Dye, Jermaine CWS Burns, Mike CIN 430 398 20 Ramirez, Aramis CHC Rogers, Kenny DET 430 396 12 Young, Michael TEX Gonzalez, Enrique ARI 401 395 5 Branyan, Russell TB Madson, Ryan PHI 404 393 8 Hudson, Orlando ARI Loe, Kameron TEX 400 393 3 Koskie, Corey MIL Byrd, Paul CLE 399 391 9 Shelton, Chris DET Novoa, Roberto CHC 409 390 13 Fielder, Prince MIL Byrd, Paul CLE 391 385 13 Cameron, Mike SD Colon, Bartolo LAA 401 383 4 Gonzalez, Adrian SD Colon, Bartolo LAA 393 383 9 Lee, Carlos MIL Betancourt, Rafael CLE 390 382 23 Granderson, Curtis DET Prior, Mark CHC 405 381 10 Byrnes, Eric ARI Loe, Kameron TEX 390 381 11 Thames, Marcus DET Novoa, Roberto CHC 406 380 14 Rolen, Scott STL Fogg, Josh COL 426 378 9 Garciaparra, Nomar LAD Blanton, Joe OAK 380 375 8 Nevin, Phil CHC Grilli, Jason DET 405 372 13 Hunter, Torii MIN Perez, Oliver PIT 392 371 10 Garland, Jon CWS Yan, Esteban CIN 388 369 1 Sanders, Reggie KC Pettitte, Andy HOU 368 367 9 Inge, Brandon DET Novoa, Roberto CHC 396 366 14 Mientkiewicz, Doug KC Qualls, Chad HOU 366 365 2 Castro, Ramon NYM Britton, Chris BAL 379 362 3 Francoeur, Jeff ATL Seanez, Rudy BOS 376 362 15 Howard, Ryan PHI McClung, Seth TB 356 360 23 Wilson, Vance DET Prior, Mark CHC 381 358 2 Crawford, Carl TB Madson, Ryan PHI 369 355 10 Inge, Brandon DET Novoa, Roberto CHC 387 354 14 Blanco, Henry CHC Rogers, Kenny DET 377 350 2 Guillen, Carlos DET Prior, Mark CHC 371 350 9 Youkilis, Kevin BOS Paronto, Chad ATL 363 347 9 Zimmerman, Ryan WAS Wang, Chien-Ming NYY 367 346 10 Wright, David NYM Loewen, Adam BAL 371 335 15 Buck, John KC Pettitte, Andy HOU 334 333 4 Wilson, Preston HOU Duckworth, Brandon KC NA NA 7
Top Minor League Games
The following list, provided by First Inning, includes the top minor league batting (based on Runs Created) and pitching (based on Game Score) performances from yesterday.
ORG LVL PLAYER POS AB H 2B 3B HR BB SO Notes BAL AAA Luis Terrero LF 3 3 1 0 2 1 0 3 runs scored CHC A Jesus Valdez DH 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 CLE AA David Wallace C 3 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 runs scored COL A C. Nelson SS 5 4 2 0 1 0 0 KC AA Donnie Murphy 2B 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 runs scored LAA AAA Howie Kendrick 2B 5 3 0 2 1 0 1 4 RBI MIN A Andrew Thompson SS 5 4 0 0 1 0 0 PHI AAA Bobby Scales 3B 4 4 2 0 0 0 0 WAN A Edgardo Baez RF 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 .545 OBP during past week WAN AA Tim RainesJr. RF 5 3 0 0 2 1 1 5 RBI ORG LVL PLAYER IP H R ER SO BB HR Notes ARI AAA Adam Bass 8.0 4 1 1 3 1 0 BAL AA Eric DuBose 9.0 3 0 0 6 1 0 BOS AAA Matt Ginter 7.0 4 2 2 4 0 0 CIN A Zachary Ward 7.0 3 1 1 7 1 0 CLE AA Aaron Laffey 7.0 5 2 1 7 1 0 COL AA Marc Kaiser 9.0 5 1 1 4 0 1 COL A Brandon Durden 7.0 8 0 0 4 0 0 1.40 ERA over past month DET AAA Humberto Sanchez 6.1 2 0 0 5 2 0 MIL A Rafael Lluberes 6.0 1 0 0 2 3 0 MIN A Kyle Waldrop 8.0 5 2 1 3 1 1
Player News
Florida’s Josh Johnson (6-4) went 5 2/3 innings despite throwing a total of 55 pitches in the first two innings. He gave up one run and eight hits with six walks and five strikeouts, threw a career-high 119 pitches and lowered his ERA to 2.01.
Toronto recalled RHP Josh Towers from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned RHP Vinnie Chulk. RHP A.J. Burnett (elbow) allowed one earned run in six innings in a rehab start Saturday night.
Kenny Rogers, 41, and Tom Glavine, 40, became the first 10-game winners in the majors with their victories. According to Elias, it marks the third time in the last four seasons that the first 10-game winner in the majors was over 40 years old (Jamie Moyer in 2003 and Roger Clemens in 2004). Prior to that, there had been only one season in which a 40-year-old was the first pitcher in the majors to accumulate ten wins (Rick Reuschel for the 1989 Giants).
Baltimore’s Adam Loewen became the first pitcher to face a former Cy Young Award winner in each of his first four major league starts.
Jon Garland’s home run was the first by a Chicago White Sox pitcher in 35 years. Jim Thome made his first start of the season at first base.
The Devil Rays used five consecutive pinch hitters against the Phillies in the top of the eighth inning. The Brewers have trailed in 20 of their 24 victories at Miller Park this season.
Michael Young was Texas’s designated hitter and fit the role well, going 5 for 5 with a double, home run, 3 R and 3 RBI.
The Tigers hit four home runs off Mark Prior and four more off Roberto Novoa. According to Elias, Prior and Novoa became the first pair of teammates in major league history each to allow at least four homers in the same game.
In that Detroit/Cubs game, Chris Shelton was 3-for-5 with a pair of home runs and three RBI and Brandon Inge was 2-for-4 with a couple of solo home runs.
In his first start in two months, Bartolo Colon gave up four runs (two earned) in seven innings. He struck out five and walked one. The Angels have now given up 51 unearned runs, the most in the majors by far (The Reds are second with 39).
San Diego’s Dave Roberts will be placed on the 15-day disabled list, although an MRI showed no structural damage to his knee after Saturday’s collision with the wall.
Ichiro went 2-for-4 to extend his hitting streak to 18 games, tying his AL-best streak this season.
Michael Barrett missed his third straight start on Sunday against the Tigers due to his sore back.
Oakland’s Steve Karsay announced his retirement.
In Pittsburgh, Kip Wells was activated off the 15-day DL and will start Tuesday night in Kansas City. Right-hander Victor Santos went on the 15-day DLt with a strained right rotator cuff, and outfielder Jody Gerut was moved from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.
The Mets activated right fielder Xavier Nady from the DL and the Cubs placed Glendon Rusch on the DL Saturday. The Braves placed Brian Jordan on the 15-day disabled list.
THT’s Stats
Sometimes baserunners score and sometimes they don’t. Overall, about 70% of baserunners cross home plate (not including those who score on home runs) and research has shown that most pitchers tend to drift back to 70% over time (although good pitchers will do somewhat better and bad pitchers will do somewhat worse).
Here’s a list of the top twenty pitchers this year in leaving men on base, along with their LOB% in 2005 and their 2006 ERA. As you can see, Chris Young has achieved a lot of his success this year by leaving baserunners on base. He may be due for a fall in the second half of the year.
Last First Team 2005 2006 2006 ERA Young Chris SD 69% 84% 3.27 Carpenter Chris STL 76% 84% 2.46 Zambrano Carlos CHN 75% 84% 2.82 Verlander Justin B DET 61% 82% 3.21 Arroyo Bronson CIN 66% 81% 2.51 Glavine Tom NYN 74% 81% 3.48 Penny Brad LAN 74% 81% 2.49 Webb Brandon ARI 74% 80% 2.37 Schmidt Jason SF 70% 79% 2.84 Santana Johan MIN 76% 79% 2.87 Zito Barry OAK 72% 79% 3.51 Rogers Kenny DET 74% 79% 3.17 Lilly Ted TOR 71% 79% 4.12 Robertson Nate DET 69% 78% 3.43 Maholm Paul G PIT 85% 78% 4.50 Martinez Pedro NYN 77% 78% 3.01 Johnson Josh FLA 77% 78% 2.01 Kazmir Scott E TB 72% 78% 3.39 Haren Danny OAK 73% 77% 3.44 Schilling Curt BOS 67% 77% 3.55
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